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Russian immigrant recalls her childhood in Russia during World War I and the 1917 revolution.

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Benita Allen was born on October 14, 1911, in St. Petersburg Russia, and died January 22, 1983, in Iowa City, Iowa. She completed the short stories in the memoir in 1981. It was compiled, edited, and published in 1991 by Linda A. Johnson-Lundquist in Iowa City, Iowa.

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"Memoirs of Pre-Revolution Russia: A Collection of Short Stories of Her Family's Experiences from the 1890's to the 1920's" by Benita Allen, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City. http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/4/resources/2462 Accessed March 21, 2019.